Which ‘Mad Men’ Prop Would You Like for Your House?

Fancy a pair of Don Draper’s office chairs or Peggy’s blue typewriter? Vintage props from the TV show are up for auction

Erin Carlyle June 7, 2016

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Mad Men fans and aficionados of midcentury style: Here’s your chance to own a piece of the Emmy-winning TV show: Some 1,500 prop and wardrobe items used on the set are now up for auction.

Midcentury Lovers, Here's Your Chance to Buy Don Draper's Watch

“Mad Men” photos from AMC

Don Draper’s Watch
Asking: $4,700

Last we checked, 43 people had bid on this watch, pushing the price up to $4,600. It could go higher; the auction ends at different times for different items. Some lots will be sold by June 13, others June 15.

Show creator Matthew Weiner was obsessed with historical accuracy, and the vast majority of Mad Men props are vintage pieces, sourced by the show’s props master, Ellen Freund, who also curated this auction. Everything for sale was used on set. Screenbid.com, the company running the auction, has provided stills from the show to accompany some of the lots, though for others you’ll need to search for the scene in which a prop appeared.

Money from the sale goes back to Lionsgate, the production company for Mad Men. These auctions can be moneymakers: Screenbid previously auctioned off character Don Draper’s typewriter for $9,000. His Social Security card went for $3,800. Dozens of the props for sale this year were featured last year in the Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens, in New York City, as well as at Modernism Week 2016 in Palm Springs.

Here are a few more Mad Men items up for bid.

Midcentury Lovers, Here's Your Chance to Buy Don Draper's Office Chairs

Peggy Olson’s Blue Typewriter
Asking: $1,200

Pictured here are character Peggy Olson and the blue typewriter in her apartment early in the series, when she got her start at Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency.

Don Draper’s Orange Office Chairs
Asking: $2,200

Though the auction consists primarily of decorative items and home goods, it includes a handful of furniture pieces.

Joan Harris’ Horse Design Ice Bucket
Asking: $225

True to Mad Men style, a range of drinking paraphernalia is for sale, including Joan Harris’ ice bucket, shown here; Don Draper’s pitcher and tumbler set (asking $325); Harry Crane’s green and orange cocktail glass set (asking $125); Stan Rizzo’s cigar box; and Roger Sterling’s rigged cigarette.

Henry and Betty Francis’ Glass Coffee Table
Asking: $125

This is the coffee table from the living room of the home that Henry and Betty Francis shared.